UC Irvine (8-4 overall) remains in first place with a 4-0 conference record after 68-49 and 67-44 victories over visiting Cal Poly on Friday and Saturday. The Anteaters are scheduled to make the long trip to Hawaii this week for games Friday and Saturday night against the Rainbow Warriors (4-4, 2-4). … Senior guard JaQuori McLaughlin of UC Santa Barbara (10-3, 4-2) on Monday was named Big West Player of the Week for the third time in six weeks. He averaged 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in victories at Cal State Northridge on Friday and Saturday. … TJ Starks of CSUN leads the conference in scoring at 20 points per game. He is shooting 38.5% (20 for 52) from 3-point range. But the Matadors are 1-3 in conference after being swept by UC Santa Barbara by scores of 105-58 and 80-66. … UCI has a balanced scoring attack led by junior forward Collin Welp, freshman guard Dawson Baker and senior center Brad Greene. They are averaging 12.6, 12.2 and 10.1 points, respectively.
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